Carton for ink bottles



Sept; 13, 1949- R. CHEMLINSKI 2,481,571

CARTON FOR INK BOTTLES Filed Nov. 4, 1946 INVENTOR. Raymond Chem/inskiATTORNEY Patented Sept. 13, 1949 UNITED STATES QFFICE CARTON FOR INKBOTTLES Raymond Chemlinski, Schenectady, N. Y.

Application November 4, 1946, Serial N 0. 707,553

3 Claims. 1

The purpose of my invention is to provide a carton which may be readilyconverted into a stand for the ink bottle container therein, and inwhich some elements of the carton may be shaped into a pen rack with anadditional shelf for support of the cap for the bottle.

The object of my improvement is to provide a carton of simple structurewithout departing from the conventional shape and the conventionalconstruction of cartons commonly used for ink bottles.

I shall now describe my improvement with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my carton in its sealed-in position;

Fig-ure 2 is a perspective View of the same carton set up as a stand forthe ink bottle, ordinarily contained therein;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line l4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of my carton seen from the same angle asin Figure 1, except that the carton is open at top.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the similar views.

The carton is rectangular in shape, including a flat top, a flat bottomand four upright walls. The arrangement of the walls is best illustratedin Figure 5 wherein the two walls in the foreground are marked Ill andII and the two adjoining walls are marked I2 and I3 respectively. WallsIE and 12 extend upwardly to form flaps I4 and I5, respectively. Whenbent to a horizontal position at the right angle to walls In and I2,they over-lap each other as shown in Figure 1. The wall II set upbetween said walls Ill and I2 is provided with a flap I6 which normally,when the carton is sealed extends laterally over said flaps l4 and It.In Figure 5, all these flaps are shown in their open position, that iseach of them is shown extending upwardly.

The two walls in the forground, l0 and I I, are slit laterally on linesI I and I8 parallel to the bottom of the carton. Sections of the wallsleft under the slits are marked I9 and respectively. I wish to add thatflap I 4 has an end tab -2I while flap I6 has a similar end tab 22. Thetabs are integrally connected to the flaps, the line of demarkation foreach being creased into the texture of the material of which the cartonis made.

When a carton is in its open position as shown in Figure 5, the inkbottle may be removed theresimilar parts from, whereupon the walls Illand II above the slit lines I! and I8 may be pushed in so that thecorner 23 will find itself in its inverted position within thediagonally positioned corner of the carton, as shown in Figure 2. WallI0 will be brought to abut wall I3, while wall II will be brought toabut wall [2. Now the ink bottle may be inserted into the carton. Theflap I4 may now be turned inwardly into carton with the tab 2!, servingto keep the bottle in place. Flap I6 is folded over to form a loop 24and tab 22 is inserted between said wall II and wall I2. The loop, asshown in Figure 2, serves to hold a pen 25 which is shown in dottedlines. Numeral 26 indicates the cap of the bottle 21, resting on flapI5. Thus in its open position with the loop 24 shaped as indicated, thecarton serves as a stand for the ink bottle with the pen above, readyfor use.

It will be seen that some changes may be made in the construction of mycarton without departing from the inventive principle disclosed therein.What I therefore wish to claim is as follows:

1. A carton for ink bottles including four upright walls havingextending flaps to form, by overlapping when the carton is in its closedposition the bottom and the top thereof, two of the adjoining wallsbeing slit on a horizontal line spaced from the bottom, to permit whenthe carton is open at top parts of the walls above the line to be pushedinwardly till the vertical juncture of two said walls substantiallymeets the diametrically opposite juncture of the two remaining walls,the top flap of one of said walls being adapted to be looped upon itselfto form a retaining loop for a pen holder, the free end of the flapbeing frictionally held between last said wall and the abutting one.

2. A rectangular carton for ink bottles including four upright walls,flaps extending from the walls on top and bottom for overlappingarrangement thereof to form the top and bottom cover, respectively, forsaid carton, two adjoining walls being slit horizontally on a linespaced from the bottom, permitting the parts of the walls above theslits, when the top flaps are in open position, to be pushed inwardly asa unit, till the vertical juncture of said parts substantially meets thediametrically opposite juncture of the two remaining walls, a flap ontop of one of the pushed-in wall portions being adapted to be foldedupon itself into a loop to support a pen holder, the free end of thelooped flap being frictionally retained between the respective pushedinwall and the adjoining unslit wall.

3. A rectangular carton for ink bottles having four upright walls inwhich two of the adjoining walls are cut horizontally on a line aboveits base and in which the parts above the slit are adapted to be pushedinwardly till their vertical juncture meets the diametrically oppositejuncture of the remaining two walls, one of the pushed in walls having aflap at the top which is adapted to be .folded upon itself into a penretaining loop, the

free end of the flap adapted to be frictionally retained between one ofthe movable unslit Walls and the abutting portion of the slit one.

RAYMOND CHEMLINSKIQ Germany Dec. 20, 1893

